Armed Forces Minister Pak Yong-sik said: "If enemies misunderstand our strategic status and stick to options of staging a pre-emptive nuclear attack against us, we will launch a nuclear attack on America’s heart as the most relentless punishment without warning or prior notice," reported the official KCNA news agency.

North Korea appears to have fired a missile which may have landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone

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